Since 2012 -- the year that Lonzo and his family forced Chino Hills, Calif., into the public consciousness -- that’s the inevitable follow-up question I get when I tell people where I’m from.
To be fair, it’s not a totally unreasonable question. Chino Hills is a relatively small town consisting of roughly 80,000 people, and I’ve lived in the neighboring city, Chino, my entire life. Ball is also only a year younger than me, and played basketball at the Neighborhood Activity Center (NAC) like I did for years.
Unfortunately, the answer to that question is no: I do not know Lonzo Ball.